USA takes the para-triathlon by storm

Team USA dominated the Paralympic triathlons with an astounding eight medals — including world champion Hailey Danz's first gold in the women's PTS2 after her silver finishes in Rio and Tokyo. Compatriots Grace Norman and Chris Hammer topped the women's and men's PTS5. Spain’s Susana Rodriguez overcame a pre-Games bike crash to defend her women's PTVI title. 

"You just never get tired of winning," Rodriguez told Olympics.com. "This medal is really special. I’m very proud of (guide) Sara (Pelez Sala) because exactly three months ago we had a very big bike crash riding (at) 70 kilometres an hour. We were lucky we didn't have bad consequences for our bodies, but mentally it's been hard to ride the tandem (bike) again."

World record wins at the Stade de France

Ethiopia's Yayesh Gate Tesfaw grabbed gold at the women's 1500m T11 event, beating her own records in the process. She clocked in at 4:27.68 to take more than four seconds off the previous mark she set at the 2024 World Championships last May. She also shaved nearly 10 full seconds off the Paralympic record, which Tesfaw set at the Tokyo Games.

"It means even more to do it here in the Paralympic arena and at the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024,” Tesfaw said. “My country has a lot of heroic runners, so I am happy that I am now one of them and can do my country proud.” 

Claudiney Batista dos Santos of Brazil and Bobirjon Omonov of Uzbekistan both improved on their own Paralympic records. Batista dos Santos won gold in the men's discus F56 for the second consecutive Paralympics with a massive toss of 46.86 meters. Omonov won his second consecutive gold in men's shot put F41 with a new record throw of 14.32m. 

Record-setting swim times for USA and Italy

USA’s Morgan Stickney blazed through the Paris Paralympic pool with a time of 4:53.88 to smash the Paralympic record and win gold in the women's 400m freestyle S7. Italian Simone Barlaam broke his own world record, winning the men's 50m freestyle S9 in 23.90 seconds and securing his fifth Paralympic medal at age 24.

"It's just so surreal to be here and to be a gold medallist once again. I love this event - it's my favourite event. I love training for it. I'm just so excited,” Stickney, who is battling a rare vascular condition, said.

2 September podiums:

PARA TRIATHLON

Men's PTWC

Gold: Jetze Plat (NED)

Silver: Florian Brungraber (AUT)

Bronze: Geert Schipper (NED)

Women's PTWC

Gold: Lauren Parker (AUS)

Silver: Kendall Gretsch (USA)

Bronze: Leanne Taylor (CAN)

Men's PTS3

Gold: Daniel Molina (ESP)

Silver: Max Gelhaar (GER)

Bronze: Nico van der Burgt (NED)

Men's PTS2

Gold: Jules Ribstein (FRA)

Silver: Mohamed Lahna (USA)

Bronze: Mark Barr (USA)

Women's PTS2

Gold: Hailey Danz (USA)

Silver: Veronica Yoko Plebani (ITA)

Bronze: Allysa Seely (USA)

Men's PTVI

Gold: Dave Ellis (GBR)

Silver: Thibaut Rigaudeau (FRA)

Bronze: Antoine Perel (FRA)

Women's PTVI

Gold: Susana Rodriguez (ESP)

Silver: Francesca Tarantello (ITA)

Bronze: Anja Renner (GER)

Men's PTS5

Gold: Chris Hammer (USA)

Silver: Ronan Cordeiro (BRA)

Bronze: Martin Schulz (GER)

Men's PTS4

Gold: Alexis Hanquinquant (FRA)

Silver: Carson Clough (USA)

Bronze: Nil Riudavets Victory (ESP)

Women's PTS5

Gold: Grace Norman (USA)

Silver: Claire Cashmore (GBR)

Bronze: Lauren Steadman (GBR)

Women's PTS4

Gold: Megan Richter (GBR)

Silver: Marta Frances Gomez (ESP)

Bronze: Hannah Moore (GBR)

PARA BADMINTON

Women's Singles SL3 

Gold: Xiao Zuxian (CHN)

Silver: Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh (INA)

Bronze: Mariam Eniola Bolaji (NGR)

Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Gold: Ramdani/Oktila (INA)

Silver: Setiawan/Sadiyah (INA)

Bronze: Mazur/Noel (FRA)

Mixed Doubles SH6

Gold: Lin/Li (CHN)

Silver: Krajewski/Simon (USA)

Bronze: Subhan/Marlina (INA)

Men's Singles SL3

Gold: Kumar Nitesh (IND)

Silver: Daniel Bethell (GBR)

Bronze: Mongkhon Bunsun (THA)

Women's Singles WH1

Gold: Satomi Sarina (JPN)

Silver: Sujirat Pookkham (THA)

Silver: Yin Meng Lu (CHN)

Women's Singles SL4

Gold: Cheng He Fang (CHN)

Silver: Leani Ratri Oktila (INA)

Bronze: Helle Sofie Sagoey (NOR)

PARA ATHLETICS

Men's Long Jump - T12

Gold: Said Najafzade (AZE)

Silver: Doniyor Saliev (UZB)

Bronze: Fernando Vazquez (ARG)

Men's Discus Throw - F56

Gold: Claudiney Batista dos Santos (BRA)

Silver: Yogesh Kathuniya (IND)

Bronze: Konstantinos Tzounis (GRE)

Women's 1500m - T11

Gold: Yayesh Gate Tesfaw (ETH)

Silver: HE Shanshan (CHN)

Bronze: Louzanne Coetzee (RSA)

Women's Shot Put - F54

Gold: Gloria Zarza Guadarrama (MEX)

Silver: Elizabeth Rodrigues (BRA)

Bronze: Nurkhon Kurbanova (UZB)

Men's 100m - T34

Gold: Chaiwat Rattana (THA)

Silver: Walid Ktila (TUN)

Bronze: Austin Smeenk (CAN)

Men's Shot Put - F41

Gold: Bobirjon Omonov (UZB)

Silver: Niko Kappel (GER)

Bronze: Huang Jun (CHN)

Men's 100m - T35  

Gold: Tsvietov Ihor UKR 

Silver: Kalashian Artem (NPA) 

Bronze: Safronov Dmitrii (NPA) 

Men's 100m - T63  

Gold: Frech Ezra (USA) 

Silver: Wagner Daniel (DEN) 

Bronze: Goncalves Rodrigues Vinicius (BRA) 

Men's 100m - T64  

Gold: Guity Guity Sherman Isidro (CRC) 

Silver: Manu Maxcel Amo (ITA) 

Bronze: Streng Felix (GER)

Men's 1500m - T13  

Gold: Kostin Aleksandr (NPA) 

Silver: Jebabli Rouay (TUN 

Bronze: Kuliatin Anton (NPA)

Women's 1500m - T11  

Gold: Tesfaw Yayesh Gate (ETH) 

Guide: Girma Kindu Sisay 

Silver: He Shanshan (CHN 

Guide: You Junjie 

Bronze: Coetzee Louzanne (RSA) 

Guide: Badenhorst Erasmus

BOCCIA

Women's Individual - BC1

Gold: Aurelie Aubert (FRA)

Silver: Yee Ting Jeralyn Tan (SGP)

Men's Individual - BC1

Gold: Loung John (HK)

Silver: Jung Sungjoon (KOR)

Women's Individual - BC4 Gold Medal Match

Gold: Lin Ximei (CHN)

Silver: Cheung Yuen (HKG)

Men's Individual - BC4 Gold Medal Match

Gold: Stephen McGuire (GBR)

Silver: Edilson Chica Chica (COL)

Women's Individual - BC3 Gold Medal Match

Gold: HO Yuen Kei (HKG) (AUS)

Silver: Jamieson Leeson

Men's Individual - BC3 Gold Medal Match

Gold: Jeong Howon (KOR)

Silver: Daniel Michel (AUS)

PARA ARCHERY

Mixed Team W1

Gold: China

Silver: Czechia

Bronze: Italy

Mixed Team Compound Open

Gold: Great Britain

Silver: Iran

Bronze: India

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

Open-  Bronze: Medal Game

Gold: Japan

Silver: USA

Bronze: Great Britain

SHOOTING PARA SPORT

P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1

Gold: Yang Chao (CHN)

Silver: Yan Xiao Gong (USA)

Bronze: Kim Jungnam (KOR)

PARA BADMINTON

Men's Singles WH1

Gold: Qu Zi Mo (CHN) 

Silver Choi Jungman (KOR)

Bronze: Wandschneider Thomas (GER)

Men's Singles WH2

Gold: Kajiwara Daiki (JPN) 

Silver Chan Ho Yuen (HKG)

Bronze: Kim Jungjun (KOR)

Men's Singles SL3

Gold: Nitesh Kumar (IND)

Silver: Bethell Daniel (GBR) 

Bronze: Bunsun Mongkhon (THA)

Men's Singles SL4

Gold: Mazur Lucas (FRA)

Silver: Yathiraj Suhas Lalinakere (IND) 

Bronze: Setiawan Fredy (INA)

Men's Singles SU5

Gold: Cheah Liek Hou( MAS( 

Silver: Nugroho Suryo (INA) 

Bronze: Anrimusthi Dheva (INA)

Men's Singles SH6

Gold: Noakes Charles (FRA)

Silver: Coombs Krysten (GBR)

Bronze: Tavares Vitor (BRA)

Women's Singles WH1  

Gold: Satomi Sarina (JPN) 

Silver: Pookkham Sujirat (THA) 

Bronze: Yin Meng Lu (CHN) 

Women's Singles WH2  

Gold: Liu Yu Tong (CHN) 

Silver: LI Hongyan (CHN) 

Bronze: Renggli Ilaria SUI 

Women's Singles SL3  

Gold: Xiao Zuxian (CHN) 

Silver: Syakuroh Qonitah Ikhtiar (INA) 

Bronze: Bolaji Mariam Eniola (NGR) 

Women's Singles SL4  

Gold: Cheng He Fang (CHN) 

Silver: Oktila Leani Ratri (INA) 

Bronze: Sagoey Helle Sofie (NOR) 

Women's Singles SU5  

Gold: Yang Qiu Xia (CHN) 

Silver: Murugesan Thulasimathi (IND) 

Bronze: Ramadass Manisha (IND) 

Women's Singles SH6  

Gold: Li Fengmei (CHN) 

Silver: Lin Shuangbao (CHN) 

Bronze: Sumathy Sivan Nithya Sre (IND)

PARA SWIMMING

Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay 

Gold: Australia

Silver: The Netherlands

Bronze: Spain

Men's 200m Freestyle - S2   

Gold: Dos Santos Araujo Gabriel Geraldo ((BRA))

Silver: Danilenko Vladimir ((NPA)) 

Bronze: Abarza Diaz Alberto Caroly (CHI)

Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB4   

Gold: Ghiretti Giulia (ITA)

Silver: Illes Fanni (HUN) 

Bronze: Cheng Jiao (CHN) 

Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB4   

Gold: Cherniaev Dmitrii ((NPA)) 

Silver: Tsapatakis Antonios (GRE) 

Bronze: Bortuzzo Manuel Mateo (ITA) 

Women's 50m Freestyle - S13   

Gold: Gomes Santiago Maria Carolina (BRA) 

Silver: Pergolini Gia (USA) 

Bronze: Gilli Carlotta (ITA) 

Men's 50m Freestyle - S13   

Gold: BOKI Ihar (NPA) 

Silver: Yaremenko Illia (UKR) 

Bronze: Virchenko Oleksii (UKR) 

Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB14   

Gold: Fiddes Louise (GBR) 

Silver: Borges Carneiro Debora (BRA) 

Bronze: Borges Carneiro Beatriz (BRA) 

Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB14   

Gold: Bennett Nicholas (CAN) 

Silver: Michel Jake (AUS) 

Bronze: Yamaguchi Naohide (JPN) 

Women's 50m Backstroke - S3   

Gold: Challis Ellie (GBR) 

Silver: Shchurova Zoia (NPA) 

Bronze: Fernandez Infante Marta (ESP) 

Men's 50m Backstroke - S3   

Gold: Ostapchenko Denys (UKR) 

Silver: Topf Josia Tim Alexander (GER) 

Bronze: Palamarchuk Serhii (UKR) 

Men's 50m Freestyle - S9   

Gold: Barlaam Simone (ITA) 

Silver: Tarasov Denis (NPA) 

Bronze: Solberg Fredrik (NOR) 

Women's 400m Freestyle - S7   

Gold: Stickney Morgan (USA) 

Silver: Coan McKenzie (USA) 

Bronze: Terzi Giulia (ITA)